Motor-vehicle.



F H. FARMER.

MGTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION HLED SEPTA. |917.

Lmwl f mmm Apr. 8,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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'MNE E. EARMEE, DF CKEVELND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE WHITE MOTOR 603mm,

v i F CLEVELND, GEIQ, A. CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

MGTR-VEHIGLE.

pnlioation led September 4,1917. Serial No. 139,471.

`pending the motor upon the chassis frame of a motor Vehicle* and isla novel form of what has come to be imown as n three point susi pension.

' The object is to so suspend the motor upon the vehicle frame that when the frame is distorted, as it goes over uneven road surfaces, the, motor and freine may move relntiveiy to en extent such as will prevent any breakage.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parte shown in the drawing' and hereinafter described and pointed ont in the appended claims.

in the drawing, `Figure l is a plan view o1' the front end of a motor lvehicle frame with the motor suspended thereon according to this invention. Fig'. 2 is a side of the same ports. In these two figures the motor and its frame are wholly or partly concealed by theliood.- Fig. Bisevertieal section of rear elevation oi' the parts of the chassis `frame and motor frame which include this invention. Fig. 4: is. n plan View of the two sides of the chassis frame and the brackets upon which rear end of the engine frame is supi portedn Fig. 5 is a. sectional front elevation of the chassis Jframe and the bearin ss orthe front end of the motor frame; ug. 6 is a '.verticai longitudinal section through the means by 'which front end of frame is supgorted,

Referring to the part'sijby reference charactors, 10 and 12 represent respectively 'the two side members of the chassis frame of a motor vehicle; ano' i3 represents a transf verse frame member located adjacent the front enti of the chassis freme represents the engine frame, which is oi* convention ai form and may be made, as is common, of aluminum. This frame lhas at its front end a forwardly projecting horizontal, tubular trunnionv 21, which 1s rotatively mounted in the hearing 17 carried by a bracket 18 that is fixed to the transverse frame member 13. At its roer end and on each side thereof the motor frame is prothe motor Specification of Lettersilatent.

. `they erel eomted with the chgssis rame.

.rntented Apr. 8, 1919.`

vided with a foot 22, which may be of and is shown as of common form',

Fixedvresp'eotively to 7thetwo side frame members 10 and 12, and projecting inwardly therefrom are the two brackets 3 0, on that!) horizontal part 31 of which the motor feet are supported. Each bracket, in tilopreferred form as shown, consists of# tlie' bent plates and 34. The 4former is riveted to, the verticallweb a of the associateeirame memben while the latter is rivetedtofthe inj,

'wardly projecting flange b onatllelower edge of said frame member. The stwo' bracket plates converge, and the horizontal nrt 33nv of one rests upon and is riveteQ-gto t 1ehori- 7o `Zonta] nart 34a of the other, v tfher'eby' making a doub e thick horizontal' shelf 3l. In one of these hinein-it shelves 31 is a. transversely elongated slot 31; while in the other:` shelt is a longitudinally elongated slot 31"?5:l

Each foot of the engine frame is"seei1red to and uponl a chair 40. Enehfclmir is an angle iron which contents with the lowenand outer-surface of the foot. Itis formed with e downwardly projecting studarifwhieli \80 whii the chair rests upon theirnsoczaA bracket, goes through one of thelnies 3l,

B1". A spring 43 surrounds the 'projecting lower end of said stud, yeindje pnttuwien tension by a mit 4'5 which screws ont@ saliti stud, 851, the spring lying between two washers 46,5*- I 47 upon said stud.

From the foregoing, itis evident thitt the feet at the rear end of the en ine frame are yeldingly held do n on tg brackets, but that gli footy-.is germitted a short movement upward .relatrie' thereto and, ofcourse, to the associated fnmolmernber. Likewise the engineA frame an` may move laterally e shortdistaniiireliey tiveto the other member 10, to which issn cured` the brscket having the transversely elongated slot. So also may the engine frame imdthe chassis framev member '10 10b.

the engine to the chassis frame is snob that` 10E `however thechassisframe may dietorted in use, and re rdlessof thev dir i ion and kind of distov ion, there wlllxbe no breakage of the-,engine feet or the means Awhich e supporting 9,0

fe of the'side `members 12 ofrthe chas'aifiranxej `Having described .my inventionfI claim: 1." In a motor vehicle, the combination with the chassis frame, and inwardlyl eX- tended brackets secured respectively to the two side members oi'tlie chassis frame, an/- engine frame having a footiat each side and adjacent its rear end, said brackets being disposed respectivelyy .beneath the feet of the engine frame, andA means which yieldngly draw the feet of the engine'frame down upon said brackets, but which permits one foot to fmove laterally rela-tive.. to the adjacent sidenieniber'of the chassis frame 'and permits the other foot to move longitudinally relative to the adjacent side member of the chassis frame. i j

2; In a motor vehicle,the combination of.

the chassis frame, fan' engine frame havinga foot on each side adjacent the rearend, `1neaiis for suspending the frontend of the engine framehfroin the chassis frame onv a longitudinally extended, centrally placed,

horizontal pivot, .achair which is, fitted and fixed'to eacli foot and is provided with a downwardlyv extended stud, inwardly eX- tended brackets fixed respectively to the two side members 'of'tlie chassis frame and project respectively, under and into engagement with said chairs, one of said brackets having a transversely elongated slot through wliichthe stud on the associated chair projects and the other bracket having a longitudinally elongatedslot through which the stud on the associated chair pro'ects, and means engaging 'said studs to. old said chair` down upon saidv brackets.

3. In a motor vehicle, the combination of the chassis frame, an enginefraiefhaying ,a foot onv each side adjacent. the rear end,

means for suspending the front end of said engine frame trom the chassis frame on a' longitudinally extended 'centrally placed' horizontal. pivot, a chair fitted and fixed vto i each foot and provided with a downwardly extended stud, inwardly extended brackets fixed respectively to the twosidemenibers of tlle chassis frame and projecting respectively under and into engagement with said chairs, one ot' said brackets having a 'transversely elongated slot through which the stud o n associated chair projects, and the "other bracket having a longitudinallyelon- H. C. MCGREY, A T. R. Dann. 

